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Battle of Gettysburg 

Gen, LONGSTREET^S REPULSE 

July 3, 1863 

GENERALS IN COMMAND 

UNION 

Meade, Hancock, Doubleday, Howard, Sickles, Sykes, 

Sedgwick, Slocum, Pleasanton, Newton, Gibbon, 

BiRNEY, Williams, Hunt, Howe, Wadsworth, 

Robinson, Caldwell, Harrow, 

Humphrey, Barnes, Crawford, Wright, Barlow, Ames, 

Steinwehr, Schurz, Geary, Buford, Gregg, 

Kilpatrick, and several thousand 

other officers. 

confederate 

I.KE, Longstreet, Ewell, a. p. Hill, McLaws, Pickett 

Hood, Early, Johnson. Rodes, Anderson, Heth, 

Pender, Trimble, Lane, Stuart, Pendleton, 

and several thousand 

other officers. 

The Number of Men engaged in this Battle 
175,000 

The approximate Number of Men Lost 
50,000 

The Area of the Battlefield 

25 

Square Miles 



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The following announcement was made by Col. JOHN B. BACHELDER, 
on the completion of the great Steel Engraving of the Battle of Gettysburg. 

— PiiblisJiers. 

STEEL ENGRAVING 



BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 

{Repulse of Longstreet* s Assault*) 



This notice will apprise the reader of the successful comple- 
tion of one of the most intricate and expensive art enterprises 
ever attempted in this country — the steel engraving of the 
Battle of Gettysburg. This beautiful work of art, in the paint- 
ing and engraving, is the result of years of skilled labor, and 
thousands of dollars expense; and, notwithstanding it has con- 
sumed double the original time estimated for completion, and 
treble the cost of execution, it has been thoroughly and honestly 
done, without unnecessary delay. 

It will be interesting to the possessor of this engraving to 
know that it is not the result of painted imagination ; but was 
executed by practical men familiar with war in all its details, 
and who fully appreciate the importance of historical accuracy. 

It embodies the movements which actually occurred, as 
pointed out on the field by the actors themselves. Hence it 
is with no feeling of egotism that I submit the following state- 
ment ; but a desire that the owner should know the care ex- 
ercised in its completion and execution, and the qualifications of 
the men engaged upon it to do their work thoroughly. It was 
not a chance enterprise, suggested by the event ; but from the 
commencement of hostilities I determined to seize upon the 
decisive battle of the war, and devote a life to its written and 
illustrated history. I was at the time engaged in collecting data 
for a more comprehensive painting of the Battle of Bunker Hill ; 
and the dif^culty experienced in gaining reliable information 
regarding that event first suggested the idea of attaching myself 
to the army for the purpose of preserving the history of the 
decisive battle which must of necessity take place. My early 
education as a student at Capt. Alden Partridge's military 




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academy, with four years' experience as principal of a like in- 
stitution, favored this plan ; while an art experience of over one 
hundred plates — landscape views, cities, towns, military encamp- 
ments, etc. — sketched from nature, and published by me, sup- 
ported by good health and a strong constitution, completed my 
qualifications to engage upon such an important enterprise. I 
followed the army through all its early engagements, of which I 
made sketches and collected data ; yet none proved decisive. 
But when in 1863 the army of Northern Virginia commenced 
its march of invasion into the free states, I was satisfied the 
great battle must ensue ; for a victory by General Lee would 
naturally be followed by the recognition of foreign powers, while 
a defeat would crush the hopes of the Confederacy, and over- 
whelm it with disaster. 

I arrived at Gettysburg while the dead lay unburied. For 
eigJity-foiir days I traversed and sketched that vast field of 
twenty-five square miles, frequently accompanied by convales- 
cents from the hospital, especially Confederates, who pointed 
out their positions and movements, all of which were carefully 
noted on the plan. On invitation of General Meade, this draw- 
ing was taken to the headquarters of the army, and, during the 
winter of 1863-64, submitted to the officers of every regiment 
and battery, by whom the positions of each command were 
added. 

The first practical result was my Isometrical Drawing of 
the Battlefield of Gettysburg, which was published with marked 
success, thousands of copies of which were distributed. The 
favor with which this publication was received encouraged me 
to continue my labors ; to which end I issued invitations to the 
officers of both armies to meet me at Gettysburg, for the pur- 
pose of locating their positions, and establishing the historic 
data of the battle. These invitations were accepted by over a 
tJiOHsand commissioned officers, forty-seven of \\\q.x^ generals com- 
manding. These visits were extended through a series of years, 
and were interspersed by thousands of descriptive letters from 
others who could not come. The conversations with each vis- 
itor were noted down, of which I now have books full of the 
most valuable material. Before it was known that the govern- 
ment survey would be made, I constructed and ran a perambu- 
lator for months over the whole field, fixing the measurements 
and locations of the most notable features. At this juncture 
the government placed at my disposal the official records of the 



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battle, including the reports of Confederate officers captured 
with the city of Richmond, which were all carefully copied and 
filed. 

The next important enterprise was to have executed a repre- 
sentative painting. The repulse of Longstreet's famous assault, 
the supreme moment of the battle, was the subject chosen ; but 
the difficulty experienced was to find an American artist who 
possessed the ability to handle such an important subject, who 
could paint the American soldier, and was familiar with Amer- 
ican battles. A French artist would have painted an army of 
Frenchmen ; a German artist would have made them all Ger- 
mans ; and the result would have been a foreign battle on 
American soil. Fortunately I met with Capt. James Walker, a 
man of marked artistic ability, and a practical soldier. At the 
commencement of the Mexican war Captain Walker was a 
teacher of painting in a college in Mexico. On the approach 
of the American army he escaped from the city, and was offered 
a position on General Worth's staff, where his knowledge of the 
Spanish language and his familiarity with the country made his 
services peculiarly valuable. His sketches of Mexican battles 
still grace the offices of the War Department ; and his magnifi- 
cent painting of the "Storming of Chepultepec," over the stair- 
way of the Senate wing of the Capitol, has for many years won 
the encomiums of art critics. The magnificent painting of the 
Lookout Mountain, " the battle above the clouds," is also from 
Mr. Walker's pencil. Before commencing the Gettysburg de- 
sign. Generals Meade, Hancock, Hunt, Gibbon, Webb, Stannard, 
and many other officers, participants in the particular scene to 
be represented, with Mr. Walker, the artist, met at Gettysburg, 
and determined on the field the exact locality of each particular 
feature, from which the design was made and subsequently 
submitted to the same officers, and approved by them at Mr. 
Walker's studio in New York. From this skeleton drawing 
Mr. Walker executed the large painting, into which, under his 
direction, I embodied the vast amount of incident and historic 
detail for which this famous work of art is noted. The success 
of this painting was indorsed by Generals Meade, Longstreet, 
Hancock, Hunt, Gibbon, Wilcox, Webb, Stannard, and many 
other officers of distinction, and by the best art connoisseurs of 
the country. 

Mr. Walker commenced at once to produce a reduced copy of 
the painting (five feet long), for the engraver's use, which for 



PAINTING AND ENGRAVING OF THE BATTLE OF (iETTYSBURG. 5 

brilliancy of effect and sharpness of detail is preferred by many 
to the larger picture. 

It was first intended to publish a chromo of this scene ; and a 
photograph of the painting was sent to Berlin for estimates, 
which in due time was returned with the statement that the 
minute and detailed character of the work rendered a chromo 
impracticable, as many figures to be represented ivere no larger 
than the thickness of a erayon-line in cJiromo-ivork, and that it 
could only be successfully done on steel in line-engraving, which, 
although four times as expensive, I determined at once on hav- 
ing, and sent to London and Paris for estimates. In the mean 
time I formed the acquaintance of an engraver in this country, 
whose experience and qualifications seemed to eminently fit him 
for this peculiar subject — Capt. Henry B. Hall, Jr., of New York. 

Captain Hall is an Americanized Englishman, the son of H. 
B. Hall, Sr., a steel engraver and artist of great ability, whose 
father was a publisher of fine subscription books in London. 
Captain Hall was born and served his apprenticeship in Lon- 
don, and had reached a fine standing in his profession before 
emigrating to America. At the breaking out of the war of the 
Rebellion, although doing a good business, he was among the 
first to volunteer in the Union army, in which he served with 
distinction and received many wounds, from Bull Run to Ap- 
pomattox. Captain Hall's reputation as an engraver, supported 
by his thorough practical military knowledge, including years of 
experience as a battery commander, determined me to engage 
him to engrave the battle of Gettysburg, particularly as it could 
then be done under my immediate supervision. 

Thus it will be seen that from its conception this work has 
been in the hands of practical men. And, as complete success 
was the standard aimed at, there has been no stint in time or 
money to secure that result. While my subscribers may have 
desired their engraving, and felt annoyed at its prolonged delay, 
I could not conscientiously issue it earlier ; and they should re- 
member that every additional day has not only increased its 
cost, but has kept me from my returns, while they will receive 
a more valuable work of art. 

The recognition and patronage which the publisher of this 
engraving has recently received from the United States govern- 
ment is alluded to with pride and pleasure ; and he accepts it 
as an indorsement from the highest authority of his endeavors 
to contribute to the history of his country. ' 



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PAINTING AND ENGRAVING 



BATTLE OF GETTYSURG, 



From its conception to its completion this painting and engraving has 
been in the hands of practical men. Probably never in the history of war- 
fare has like care been bestowed upoji such a subject. In the collection of 
the n/aterial, the sketches of the f eld, the compilation and composition of 
the picture, its painting and engrai'ing, each has been tender the charge 
of men of ripe experience. That the result of their efforts is a success, is 
fully shown by the opinions of the distinguished officers engaged in the battle, 
and the art critics who have examined the painting and engraving. 

OPINIONS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN. 
[From Major-Gen. Meade.] 

I have carefully examined and studied Mr. Walker's painting of the 
Battle of Gettysburg ; and, as far as my recollection serves me, the work is 
wonderfully accurate in the delineation of the landscape and position of 
troops. As commanding general it was not in my power to have a knowl- 
edge of the details here represented ; but from the confidence I have in the 
fidelity of research and devotion to the truth of history possessed by Col. 
Bachelder, from whom Mr. Walker has derived his data, I am satisfied the 
painting is as accurate in its details, as I know it to be in its general fea- 
tures. Geo. G. Meade. 

Major-Gen. com'' g Army of the Potomac. 

[From Major-Gen. Hancock, commanding left centre.] 

My command at the battle of Gettysburg on the 3d of July (left centre) 
occupies the greater portion of the front of this painting. Immediately pre- 
ceding the time represented, I rode along my entire line ; and, in my opin- 
ion, this picture not only correctly represents the positions of the troops, but 
indicates their relative movements with a precision which must always make 
it invaluable as an historical representation of that scene. 

[Later opinion of the Engraving.] 

... I was struck by the excellence of your engraving of the battle. 
It seems to me not only to excel as a work of art, but to be a valuable his- 
torical production, and to give a correct general representation of one of the 
great battles of our civil war. 

I am very truly yours, 

Winf'd S. Hancock, 

Maj.-Gen. U. S. A. 



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[From Lieut.-Gen. Longstreet.] 

This picture of the Battle of Gettysburg is a remarkably fair and com- 
plete representative of that eventful scene. 

James Longstreet, 
Lieut.-Gen. com'' g First Corps C. S. A. 

[From Major-Gen. Slocum, commanding the right wing of the army.] 
Col. John B. Bachelder. 

Dear Sir, — ^I have received the engraving of the Battle of Gettysburg, 
and am much pleased with it. It gives one an accurate idea of the scene on 
the left of our line at the critical hour in that great battle. 

H. W. Slocum. 

[From Major-Gen. Hunt.] 

At the beginning of the cannonade which preceded the scene here repre- 
sented, I was on Little Round Top. I immediately rode along the entire line 
to Cemetery Hill, observing the enemy's batteries, and directing the tire and 
movements of our own. At Col. Bachelder's request I have since twice vis- 
ited Gettysburg with him, and pointed out their positions. I have also in 
company with other officers several times visited Mr. Walker's studio, and 
verified the correctness of their location in the picture. To the best of my 
belief, they are properly represented. 

Henry J. Hunt, 
Major-Gen. co/n^g Artillery of the Army of t lie Potomac. 



[From Major-Gen. Webb,' President College of New York.] 

I am glad to be able to express in the form of a testimonial my belief 
that this painting is one of the most faithful and conscientious representa- 
tions of the battle of Gettysburg that will be or can be produced. . . . 
The engraving is not only a pleasing and interesting work of art, but it is a 
most valuable historical representation of exactly what took place at a cer- 
tain hour of the battle; and, if any person desires to witness an American 
battle, he can sit down and imagine himself in the midst of this scene. 
I remain very respectfully yours, 

Alex. S. Webb, 
Brez'. Major-Gen. U. S. A. 

[From Major-Gen. Humphreys, Chief Engineer of the Armies of the United 

States. 

This painting of the Battle of Gettysburg is, I think, the best painting of 
a battle extant, for it conveys to one, as nearly as a painting can, what actu- 
ally takes place on the whole line of battle ; and that is what very few such 
pictures really do. Moreover, in the present case it represents correctly the 
position and condition of the contending troops at the high tide of fighting 
on the third and last day of the battle, when the contest between the two 
armies culminated. The engraving faithfully reproduces the painting. It 
has high merit as a work of art; the action is spirited and life-like; and a 
view of it cannot fail to excite enthusiasm, at least among those who under- 
stand what it all means. Very truly yours, 
A. A. Humphreys. 

I Gen. Webb personally commanded the brigade in the right foreground of the picture. 



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[From Major-Gen. Newton.] 

I have examined Walker's painting of the Battle of Gettysburg, and 
believe it to be as faithful a representation of that scene as could be desired. 
I am particularly acquainted with that portion of the line of batde situated 
iDetween and including the Third (Doubleday's) Division of the First Corps, 
and Torbert's brigade of the Sixth Corps, with the formation of which I 
had much to do on the morning of the 30! of July. The Second (Robin 
son's) Division of the First Corps is properly located. 

John Newton, 
Major-Gen. Vols. cojn''g First Corps. 



[From Major-Gen. Warren.] 

As chief engineer of the army at the batde of Gettysburg, my duties 
called me to most parts of the field ; and I have since carefully examined its 
topography. I witnessed this scene from Little Round Top. The picture 
is true to the landscape, and vividly restores the action of the battle. 

G. K. Warren, 
Brev. Major-Gen. U. S. A. 



[From Brev. Major-Gen. Doubleday.] 

I take pleasure in stating that your engraving of the " High-Tide of the 
Rebellion " (the Batde of Gettysburg) is a beautiful work of art, and a truth- 
ful rendering of the scene delineated at the culmination of Pickett's grand 
charge on our centre. 

The different phases of the battle have been carefully studied by you, 
and are accurately represented. 

Yours sincerely, 

Abner Doubleday, 
Brev. Major-Gen of Volunteers. 



[From Judge Wills, a citizen of Gettysburg.] 

I have examined with great pleasure and satisfaction the steel engraving 
of the Battle of Gettysburg. It portrays Longstreet's terrific assault at its 
climax, the repulse of which was the turning point in the Rebellion. Being 
an eye-witness of the battle, and familiar with the ground, I do not hesitate 
to pronounce it a correct representative battle picture. The landscape is 
faithfully delineated, and takes in the full scope of country from a stand- 
point immediately west from Gen. Meade's headquarters, extending to the 
cemetery on the right, to Round Top on the left, and front to the South 
Mountain range. 

The engraving as a work of art has great merit, and will rank as a first- 
class production. 

I remain yours truly, 

David Wills. 



"I have derived much assistance from Col. John B. Bachelder's oral 
explanations of his beautiful and minute drawing (about to be engraved) of 
the field of the three days' struggle." — Hon. Edward Everett's Oration at 
the Dedication of the National Soldiers'' Cemetery, at Gettysburg, Novem- 
ber ig, i86j. 



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TESTIMONIALS. 

The undersigned have had the opportunity of viewing the Historical 
Painting of the Battle of Gettysburg, and of hearing Col. Bachelder's clear 
and entirely satisfactory statement, in details sufficient to cover all the 
important movements of each army immediately preceding and during the 
three days' contest ; and we do most heartily commend the painting as a 
work of high art. and true to history, and Col. Bachelder's description of the 
battle, in connection with the painting, as being so vivid and clear as to give 
to all a truthful impression of the scene which never can be forgotten. Even 
young children can nnderstand it, and would receive from a single exhibi- 
tion a better knowledge of the engagement than could be acquired from 
years of study. Old and young should improve the opportunity to get a clear 
understanding of one of the most important events in the history of the 
nation. 

John W. Stewart, Goi'. of Vermont. 

Geo. N. Dale, Lt.-Gov. of Vermont. 

Chas. H. Joyce, Speaker House of Rep. 

Geo. Nichols, Secretary of State. 

J. S. Morrill, U. S. Senator. 

E. P. Walton, Ex-Member of Congress. 

G. G. Benedict, State Senator. 

Geo. a. Merrill, State Senator. 



[Opinion of the distinguished Army Correspondent of the Boston Journal, 

Nov. 1 1, 1863.] 

To THE Editor of the Boston Journal: 

Noticing the card of Mr. John B. Bachelder in your columns, I spent an 
hour this morning in examining his sketches. He is engaged in a great His- 
torical Work. With untiring energy and devotion, and with unbounded 
enthusiasm he has already given over three months of hard, constant labor to 
obtain the facts. He has the position of every Confederate Regiment, and now 
wishes to obtain the position of every Union Regiment. He has sketched 
every acre of ground — the fences, houses, trees, the undulations — all the 
minutias, so accurately, that any one who was in the Battle will be able to 
indicate the locality at a glance. 

It will be the most complete and accurate Batde Picture ever[issued. 

Charles Carleton Coffin. 



The undersigned have carefully examined Col. Bachelder's drawing of 
the Gettysburg Battle ground. It represents not less than twenty-five 
square miles of territory. It has been executed wiih remarkable fidelity and 
may be relied upon as a correct delineation of the natural and artificial fea- 
tures of the place where this great battle was fought. 

Robert Martin, Burgess of Gettysburg. 

M. Jacobs, Professor of Mathematics and Chemistry 

in Penn. College, Gettysburg, Pa. 
O. S. Ferry, Brig.-Gen. com''g at Gettysburg, York 

District. 
H. L. Baugher, President of the Pennsyli'ania College. 
R. McCurdy, President Gettysburg R. R. 
S. S. Schmucker, Chairman of the Theological Fac- 
ulty, Theological Seminary, Gettysburg. 



10 PAINTING AND ENGRAVING OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 

[Boston Journal.] 

Better than volumes of description is this historic picture to give one a 
clear, comprehensive, and truthful conception of the contest which will ever 
be reckoned as the turning point in the history of the American Republic. 

[Boston Post] 

The artist made his studies for the picture upon the field of Gettysburg, 
spending weeks there, and has reproduced the scenery, in its detail and 
spirit, to perfection. And thus he has succeeded in making a harmonious 
and wonderfully comprehensive picture. No feature of the scene, no corps 
or individual, is brought into undue prominence; but the whole glowing, 
rushing torrent of fierce action passes before our eyes as if reproduced in 
fact. The picture is not clouded or obscured, but remarkably clear and 
satisfactory in every way. In its completion the artist, and especially the 
compiler, have the gratification of extraordinary success. It will rank as an 
historical picture of unusual interest and value; and thousands who took 
part in that great engagement will take pleasure in finding, like Uncle Toby, 
the exact place in which they were shot, or shot some one else. 

It is one of the most intensely vivid scenes that has ever been put on 
canvas, and as not a New England State but what had soldiers there, so 
New England will be glad to see this picture. 

[Boston Daily Traveler.] 

Walker's wonderful painting of the Battle of Gettysburg proves the most 
popular art exhibition which we have had in Boston. When first opened to 
the public, those unfamiliar with the paraphernalia and detail of war gazed 
with uncertain awe upon the confused masses of men and horses hurrying 
hither and thither, — borne along upon the whirlwind of excitement. Here 
are long lines of infantry, or dense columns closed en masse, apparently 
indifferent to the scene. Here batteries go rushing to the front, while 
others have "limbered to the rear." Bursting shells fill the air; and you 
almost hear the roar of artillery, and the rattle of musketry, as you watch 
the curling clouds of dust and smoke, which, drifted by the south-west wind, 
float away in the distance. It is not surprising that critics hesitated to ex- 
press an opinion upon a scene to them so strange. The absence of the 
favored emperor, king, prince, or marshal, accompanied by a numerous staff 
with gayly caparisoned horses, which have usually filled the foreground of 
battle-scenes, left them in doubt. But the practical soldier from the scene 
of action has decided the Cjuestion. This is an American battle, fought by 
American soldiers. It was a bold leap from the conventional school of art, 
when Col. Bachelder, overlooking the mere episode of a battle which has 
usually constituted battle-scenes, boldly grasped the whole field, and through 
SIX and a half years of toil and hardship unraveled its intricate details, 
superintending the arrangement of every regiment and battery in its appro- 
priate place upon the canvas. And it is equally fortunate for the history of 
American warfare, that a man possessing the ability to execute was found 
in the person of Mr. Walker, who would willingly and conscientiously use 
the material thus rescued from oblivion, and weave it into a symmetrical 
whole, devoting three and a half years of his life to this magnificent work. 
Critics hesitated to criticise this new departure ; but the soldiers have an- 
swered the question, and the public have accepted their verdict. Day after 
day they visit this fascinating painting, always discovering something new 
to admire. The writer yesterday met at the gallery an officer of the Fifth 
Maine Battery, who said it v/as his thirty-second visit, and yet each succes- 



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sive examination revealed new beauties in the painting. Old soldiers come 
leading their sons and daughters by the hand, to point out to them the proud 
scene of their existence, where they had cast their lives into the balance, and 
rescued liberty from the grasp of invasion. 

[Philadelphia Press.] 

The execution of the painting is very much admired, the best tribute to 
Mr. Walker's genius being the fact that the observers do not think of the 
painh'/ig-\in\.\\ they have lost themselves in the subject; and, when persons 
have been greatly moved by a picture, the artist is sure not only of fame but 
of grateful remembrance. 

[Washington Sunday Chronicle.] 

There is one point in the picture which, as I write, comes as clearly before 
me as if it had been burned into my brain. It is the copse of trees a little 
to the left, as one faces the picture, the portion of the line commanded by 
Gen. Webb, now president of New York College. At this point, which Col. 
Bachelder calls "the high-water mark" of the Rebellion, Josh. Owen's 
Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, ably supported by the Seventy-lirst and 
Seventy-second Pennsylvania Volunteers, the latter of which lost four color- 
bearers, fought with almost incredible bravery, never yielding an inch. They 
were re-enforced by the Nineteenth Massachusetts, Forth-second New York, 
Seventh Michigan, Twentieth Massachusetts, Fifty-ninth and Eighty-second 
New York, Nineteenth Maine, Twentieth New York State IVIilitia. One 
Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania, and all that was left of the gallant 
First Minnesota; while the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Vermont on the left, 
and Hays's Division on the right (.Seville, editor of the "Chronicle," was in 
this division, and I salute him again) rendered them material assistance. 

[The New England Farmer.] 

The artist has given a living picture of the repulse of Longstreet's grand 
charge. Its naturalness is one of its greatest merits. The spectator can 
hardly realize that he is looking upon a mere picture, but finds himself in- 
voluntarily listening, to hear the roar of the guns and the groans of the 
wounded. 

[Lynn Reporter.] 

We might fill columns with expressions of admiration for this great 
production of study and genius, but have only space to say that among 
America's most wonderful works is the splendid picture of the Battle of 
Gettysburg. 

As a work of art the picture is a masterpiece, and at once delights the 
beholder. The action of the horses is splendid, and it has been well said 
that no one could have painted such horses who had not seen them in battle. 
All the details of the picture are perfectly brought out, and the smallest and 
most distant portions of it will bear the closest examination. Lovers of art 
can spend an hour very pleasantly and profitably in examining this painting, 
and no one will regret having done so. 

[Worcester, Mass., Spy.] 

I was astonished at the real pleasure the first glance gave me.— a calm 
sky, a long irregular line of hills on the horizon, with tents softened by dis- 
tance and hazy from the smoke and dust of batde ; the foreground crowded 
with soldiers ; mounted officers gesticulating eagerly, or pointing to some 



12 PAINTING AND ENGRAVING OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 

portion of the action ; a wrecked caisson on the right, with horses struggling 
in their harness ; and the solid columns of men, with tattered flags waving, 
stretching far on till the eye ceases to follow them. The idea of numbers, 
discipline, and determination is admirably expressed. In the very front of 
the picture (that is, in the rear of the army) are wounded and dead men, and 
the ground is strewed with caps, guns, blankets, and knapsacks ; yet the 
horrors are not made conspicuous, — they do not catch the eye at first. 

As a work of art it grows with acquaintance. It has nothing of the sen- 
sational or dramatic in its composition. The traditional thrust of bayonets 
and clubbing of muskets, so seldom witnessed in American battles, yet so 
often represented in paintings, has been entirely ignored in this ; nor has the 
artist exhausted himself on a single epi.sode with a few prominent officers in 
the foreground: on the contrary, the battle in all its grandeur has been 
grasped. ... It is full of action — natural action. Everyone seems to have 
something to do, and to be doing it. 

[Watchman and Reflector.] 

The exhibition room is crowded with visitors, and the interest manifested 
at first sight holds the audience for hours. As is natural, this picture draws 
together the men whose work it portrays; and the easy, conversational style 
of the description gives one a better idea of that conflict — which maybe 
regarded as the turning-point of the war — than any written account could 
possibly do. The painting, which is by Walker of New York, is excellent, 
and the drawing is full of spirit. 

No written description, even by one who was an eye-witness, could give 
any idea of the picture. It must be seen to be appreciated ; and no one who 
loves his country or who is grateful to the heroes whose gallant acts are here 
delineated should let this opportunity slip of visiting it. 

[The Morning Herald, Providence, R. I.] 

As a work of art it stands in the front rank of great battle pieces, while 
as an historical representation it must form an important aid to the composi- 
tion of that history which the future will write of our national struggle. The 
striking features of the picture are its truthfulness to nature, and conscien- 
tious execution. The wonder is, how upon a canvas twenty feet long and 
seven and a half high, covering one hundred and fifty square feet, the artist 
has managed to crowd three hundred and nine regiments and seventy-eight 
batteries, and that too with such rare clearness and exactness, each one be- 
ing in its place, and visible The " action " of the picture is also noticeable. 
Every man appears to have something to do, and to be doing it ; no grouping 
of officers in the foreground for the sake of the portraits, and no regiments 
on dress parade, but every man in his place, as on that memorable day, and 
doing his duty. 



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The engraving of the Battle of Ueityshurg has never been canvassed, hit 
the following orders ivero given during the exhibition of the painting in 
Boston, or were sent in by mail. — Publisher. 



LIST OF SUBSCRffiERS. 

Names. 
George G. Meade, Major-Gen. U. S. A.. 
Winfield S. Hancock, Major-Gen., U. S.A., 
Abner Doubleday, Bvt. Major-Gen., U. S. A., 
Joseph Hooker, Major-Gen., U. S. A., 
James Longstreet, Lieut.-Gen. Com. First Corps,C.S.A 
H. W. Slocum, Major-Gen., 

Alex. S. Webb, Bvt. Major-Gen., Pres. Coll. ofN.Y., 
A. A. Humphreys, Bvt. Major-Gen., and Ch'fofEngs, 
John Newton, Bvt. Major-Gen., 
Henry J. Hunt, Bvt. Major-Gen. com^g Arfy Army 

Potomac. 
Hon. David Wills, 

Henry H. Bingham, Bvt. Brig.-Gen.. Postmaster, PJiil., 
John^W. Geary, Bvt. Major-Gen., Gov. of Penn., 
John W. Morton, Assistant Postmaster, N. V., 
S. F. Tibbetts, 

A. F. Devereux, B7't. Brig.-Gen., 
George S. Greene, Bvt. Major-Gen., 
Richard Coulter, Col. Vols., 
A. T. F. Torbert, Brig.-Gen., 
J. H. Hobart Ward, Brig.-Gen. Vols., 
Charles K. Graham, Brig.-Gen., 
George W. Cooney, Bi't. Major Vols., 
Charles Dwight, 
H. G. Wright Major-Gen., 

J. Watts De Peyster, Bvt. Major-Gen., A^. G., N. V., 
Fred T. Locke, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Vols., 
George N. Macy, Bvt. Major-Gen. Vols., 
A. T. Pickett, Captain Vols., 
Hon. John B. Lincoln, Ex-Postmaster, 
J. W. Foshay, Pres. Broadway R. R., 
Nelson Cross, Bvt. Major-Gen. Vols., 
Hon. C. D. MacDougall, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Vols., 
Dr. George P. Miles, 
Samuel S. Grey, 

Samuel Knox, Treas. C. R. R. of N.f., 
J. P. Baldwin, G. P. A., C. R. R. ofA'.f., 
D S. Babcock, Pres. Stonijigton S. S. Co., 
L. W. Filkins, G. P. A., S. S. S. Co., 
Charles S. Hoyt, M. D., Surgeon U. S. J\, 
C. A. Richardson, Captain Vols., 
P. D. Peltier, M. D., Assistant Surg. ]\ds., 
Rufus Ingalls, Bvt. Major-Gen., 
Daniel Butterfield, Bvt. Major-Gen., 
Albert J. Meyer, Bvt. Major-Gen. Chief Signal Office, 
Richard N. Bowerman, Bvt. Brig.-Gen., 



Residence. 
Philadelphia. 

New York City. 
New York. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
New York. 
Washington, D. C. 
New York. 
U. S. A. 

Gett>'sburg, Penn. 
Philadelphia. 
Harrisburg, Penn. 
New York. 
Lawrence, Mass. 
New York. 
New York, 
(ireensburg, Penn. 
Milford, Del. 
New York. 
New York. 
New York. 
Boston. 
New York. 
Tovoli, N. Y. 
New York. 
Boston. 

Jersey City. N.J. 
Brooklyn. 
New York. 
New York. 
Auburn, N. Y. 
New York. 
Saratoga, N. Y. 
New York 
New York. 
New York. 
New York. 
Albany, N. Y. 
Canandaigua. N. Y 
Cornwall, N. V. 
New York. 
New York. 
Washington, D. C. 
Baltimore, Md. 



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Names. 

Paul A. Oliver, Bvt. Brig-Gen. Vols., 

Charles M. Conyngham, 

Theron E. Parsons, Bvt.Major atid A. A. Gen. Vols., 

Hon. W. H. Parsons, 

Samuel C. Oliver, Colonel U. S. V, 

G. K. Warren, Bvl. Major-Gen. U. S. A., 

Charles E. Mayo, 

Green B. Raum, Brig.-Gen. Vols., 

Ray Stone, Bvt. B?ig.-Gen., 

Walter Dwight, Colonel Vols., 

H. O. Springer, Captain Vols., 

Hon. R. H. McCurdy, 

Henry A. Barnum, Bvt. Major-Gen-, 

George F. McFarland, Lieut.-Col. Vols., 

Thaddeus Slentz, 

William de Lacy, Bvt. Brig.-Gen., 

Levi Bird Duff, Lieut.-Col. Vols., 

Hiram B. Crosby, Colonel Vols., 

D. F. Burke, Bvt. Brig.-Gen., 

J. B. Sweitzer, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Vols., 

Joshua T. Owen, Brig.-Gett. Vols., 

Edmund L. Dana, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Vols., 

R. Bruce Ricketts, Colonel Vols., 

J. W. Anawalt, Surgeon Vols., 

James Francis, Lieut.-Col. Vols. 

A. P. Martin, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Vols., 

William H. Chase, U. S. A., 

Hon. T. W. Ferry, Pres. U. S. Senate, 

Joseph Dickinson, Bvt. Brig.-Gen., 

Lucius Fairchild, Col. Vols., Gov. Wisconsin, 

John G. Hazard, Bvt. Brig.-Geti., 

H. W. Freidley, Colotiel U. S.A., 

Prof. Ezra P. Gould, 

John W. Benson, 

Joshua Chamberlain, Maj.-Gen. Vols. ^ Gov. of Me., 

Hon. John C. Ropes, 

Rev. L. H. King, 

A. B. Underwood, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Vols., 
J. E. M. Sanford, 

William Wells, Bvt. Major-Gen., 

Fayette J. Irving, Signal Corps U. S. A., 

W. B. Rockwell, 

George L. Rose, Asst. Surgeon U. S. A., 

Albert Clark, Captain Vols., 

R. R. Dawes, Colonel Vols., 

Aaron Whitney, 

D. C. Colby & Son, 

J. Astley Beeber, 

J. E. Kaime, 

W. F. Rice, Lieutenant U. S. A., 

B. P. Cheney, 
Henry D. Noyes, 

Nathan Appleton, Captain Vols., 

S. F. Murry, Captain Vols., 

R. N. Batchelder, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. U. S. A., 

Samuel C. Lawrence, Brig.-Gen. Vols., 

James E. Larkin, Lieut.-Col. Vols., 



Residence. 
New York. 
Wilkes Barre, Penn. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Johnson Co., Ga. 
Boston. 
New York. 
St. Paul, Minn. 
Harrisburg, 111. 
Cuba, N. Y. 
Binghamton, N.Y. 
Utica, N. Y. 
New York. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Harrisburg, Penn. 
Gettysburg, Penn. 
New York. 
Pittsburg, Penn. 
Norwich, Conn. 
New York. 
Pittsburg, Penn. 
Philadelphia. 
Wilkes Barre, Penn. 
Wilkes Barre, Penn. 
Greensburg, Penn. 
Lowell. 
Boston. 

Germantown, Penn. 
Washington, D. C. 
New York. 
Madison, Wis. 
Providence, R. I. 
Philadelphia. 
Newton, Mass. 
Muncie, Ind. 
Brunswick, Me. 
Boston. 
New York. 
Boston. 
Bangor, Me. 
Burlington, Vt. 
St. Paul, Minn. 
Central City, Col. 
San Francisco, Cal. 
St. Albans, Vt. 
Marietta, O. 
Hartford, Conn. 
Washington, D. C. 
Williamsport, Penn. 
St. Louis, Mo. 
U. S. Army. 
Boston. 
Boston. 
Boston. 

Manchester, N. H. 
U. S. Army. 
Boston. 
Concord, N. H. 



PAINTING AND ENGRAVING OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 



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Names. 

Hon. James B. Gove, 

Hon. Nathaniel White, 

Charles Scott, Lieut.-Col. Vols., 

Amos M. Bowen, Lieutenant Vols., 

A. B. Searles, 

A. Wilson Norris, Major Vols., 

Norman M. Smith, Bvt. Lieut.-Col. Vols., 

Wm. S. Tilton, Brig.-Ge?i. Vols.,Gov. NaflMiVyA 

H. E. Chamberlin, Svj)t. C. R. R., 

Thomas C. Clark, Lieutenant Vols., 

J. Pickett, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Vols., 

Hon. George E. Todd, Supt. N. R. R., 

E. B. Smith, Lieutenant Vols., 

John Marshall Brown, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Vols., 

Frank Reeder, Lieut.-Col. Vols., 

Hon. S. A. Whitney, 

S. W. Crawford, Bvt. Major-Gen. U.S.A. 

Hon. H. Hosford, Manager Lowell R. R. 

Rand, Avery, & Co., 

Lyman Beecher, 

Alexander Shaler, Bvt. Major-Gen. Vols., 

Albert A. Pope, Bvt. Lieut.-Col. Vols., 

William N. Breed, 

J. C. Blagden, 

A. J. Clark, Bvt. Major Vols., 

Samuel P. Bates, State Military Historian, 

William H. Long, Lieut.-Col. Vols., 

Rev. William D'Orville Doty, 

William V. Carr, 

Hon. Gilnian Marston, Brig.-Gen. Vol., 

J. E. Thompson, 

George P. Lovering, U. S. Siib-Treasmy, 

J. B. Thornton Chase, 

J. H. McGregor, Asst. Surgeon Vols., 

Henry Allen, Lieut.-Col. Vols., 

Rev. E. B. French, Chaplain Vols., 

R. S. Gage, 

A. A. Hayes, 



Residench. 

Henniker, N. H. 
Concord, N. H. 
Peterborough, N. H. 
Providence, R. I. 
Providence, R. I. 
Philadelphia. 
Pittsburg, Penn. 
sylufn,TogVL?<, Me. 
Concord, N. H. 
Chicago, 111. 
Worcester, Mass. 
Concord, N. H. 
Westfield, Mass. 
Pordand, Me. 
Easton, Penn. 
Philadelphia. 
Chambersburg, Penn 
Lowell. 
Boston. 
Boston. 
New York. 
Boston. 
Lynn, Mass. 
Rockland, Me. 
Newark, N.J. 
Harrisburg, Penn. 
Boston. 

Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Boston. 
Exeter, N. H. 
St. Paul, Minn. 
Boston, Mass. 
Springfield, Mass. 
Westport, N. Y. 
Providence, R. I. 
Milwaukee, Wis. 
Charleston, 111. 
Washington, D. C. 



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